Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
701. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date in 2017 on agreeing method statements with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and Galway County Council for the upgrading of the N59 road between Maam Cross and Oughterard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37465/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraA revised method statement for the ground investigation works for the Maam Cross to Bunnakill section of the N59 was submitted by Galway County Council to my Department on 28 June 2017 and this was approved on 29 June 2017. It is understood that Galway County Council is at present assessing tenders for the ground investigation works and hopes to have a contractor on the ground by the end of September/early October. On 6 September 2017 my Department received a draft method statement from the Council for archaeology testing on the Maam Cross to Bunnakill section and this was approved by my Department the following day, 7 September 2017.
